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Lew Wallace

Personal Info

Known For

Writing

Gender

Male

Birthday

April 10, 1827(77)

Day of Death

February 15, 1905

Place of Birth

Brookville, Indiana, USA

Lew Wallace

Writing

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Lewis "Lew" Wallace (April 10, 1827 – February 15, 1905) was an American lawyer, governor, Union general in the American Civil War, politician and author, best remembered for his historical novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ.   Description above from the Wikipedia article Lew Wallace, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.